Exploring American Literature from Colonialism to the Present:
Unit 1: Colonialism and Rationalism
Unit 2: Romanticism and Dark Romanticism
Focus Novels: The Scarlet Letter and Billy Budd
Unit 3: Realism
Focus Novel: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Unit 4: Naturalism and Philosophy
Focus Novels: Sister Carrie and The Awakening
Unit 5: Modernism
Focus Novel: Death of a Salesman